Arena Football League Considers Cancelling the 2009 Season
The Arena Football League (AFL) faced significant financial struggles that led to the cancellation of its 2009 season. According to Pete Likens, director of communications …
The Arena Football League (AFL) faced significant financial struggles that led to the cancellation of its 2009 season. According to Pete Likens, director of communications …
In a major legal decision that has significant implications for the business of professional sports, Judge Redfield T. Baum rejected tech billionaire Jim Balsillie’s offer …
Once again, Michael Davis, Nick Watanabe, and I are organizing NAASE sessions in sports economics at this fall’s Missouri Valley Economics Association (MVEA) annual meeting. This …
San Antonio has made an enticing proposition to potential Major League Soccer (MLS) franchise owners, a deal designed to draw top-tier professional soccer to the …
As a graduate student in the mid-1990s, I began work on a project on the economics of baseball for a research methods class. In researching …
Baseball may still claim the title “America’s Pastime,” but professional football is America’s favorite sport. NFL games draw tens of thousands of fans to stadiums. …
From the Charlotte Observer (membership read): In two months, the Charlotte Bobcats begin playing in a new, publicly funded uptown arena. Typically, new arenas boost …
Although still a distant second to monopoly, buyer power and monopsony are hot topics in the antitrust community. Despite the increasing interest in monopsony …
Sports leagues can be thought of as clubs. To enter any club, permission must be obtained from the incumbents, which means a sufficient number of …
Why are concessions so expensive at the ballpark? Some of the explanations include: The captured consumer theory. Once in the ballpark, if someone wants to …
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